Summer boarder mocks boy by field joke
A city traveler in a rural road encounter teases a green-looking boy on a fence about corn. The boy replies with a witty retort that the landlord gets the other half, then the boarder moves on.
Bridgeport Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
16
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